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Offline Ilikebugs

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Oxidation States of elements
« on: April 28, 2019, 01:37:40 PM »
The +1 oxidation state is more common for which element, sodium or aluminum?

I know the oxidation state is the charge an atom would have if all bonds were ionic, but I don't know how to get the oxidation state for sodium and aluminum
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Re: Oxidation States of elements
« Reply #1 on: April 28, 2019, 01:54:11 PM »
The oxidation state you get if metals loosing elecrons to become an ion. Compare in which goup you find sodium and aluminium in PSE. How many electrons on the outer shell.
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Re: Oxidation States of elements
« Reply #2 on: April 29, 2019, 08:32:17 PM »
So would sodium get a +1 oxidation state and aluminum a +3 oxidation state?
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Re: Oxidation States of elements
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Re: Oxidation States of elements
« Reply #4 on: April 30, 2019, 02:55:59 AM »
Full list is hardly helpful. Just look at the position of an element in the periodic table.

Won't necessarily work well for transition metals, they are in general often difficult to predict.
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